El Rey Mexican Bar and Grill

940 7th St, Novato
(415) 892-1471

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Customers' Favorites

One Fish Taco Lunch Special
Traditional Street Tacos
Chicken Enchilada Plate
Chicken Enchilada Verde
Combination Fajitas
Carnitas Burrito
Michelada Soda W
Carnitas Fajitas
Chicken Fajitas
Chocolate Cake

Menu

Appetizers
El Rey Platter
Buffalo wings, quesadillas, jalapeno poppers, nachos, cheese sticks potato skins, mini chimichangas, chicken, and beef. Served with ranch dressing, sour cream, and guacamole.
Mini Chimichanga
Six mini Chimichangas: half chicken, half beef
El Rey Taco Platter ( 6 tacos )
Three soft shell taquitos topped with your choice of meat, onions, and cilantro. Choose from carne asada, carnitas, pollo adobado, or pastor.
Nachos
Tortilla chips topped with beans, Monterey jack cheese, jalapeno, pico de gallo, guacamole and sour cream.
Authentic Tacos
Three soft shell taquitos topped with your choice of meat, onions & cilantro. Choose from carne asada, carnitas, pollo adobado, or pastor.
Queso Fundido
Jalapeños, pico de gallo & tortillas

Guacamoles
Flautitas
Lightly fried rolled flour tortilla filled with chicken.
Buffalo Wings
Served with ranch dressing.
Potato Skins
Potato halves topped with bacon, cheddar cheese, and jack cheese. Served with ranch dressing.
Classic Guacamole
Avocados, onions, cilantro, tomatoes, lime and chile serrano.
Cheese Sticks
Jalapeno Poppers
Jalapenos stuffed with cheese. Served with ranch dressing.
Steak Fries
French fries topped with beans, steak, cheese, jalapenos, sour cream, and guacamole.
Empanaditas
Traditional Empanadas (3) filled with chicken and served with lettuce and sour cream.
Taquitos Dorados De Papa
Five hard shell potato taquitos topped with shredded lettuce, cotija cheese, and salsa.
Calamari

Seafood Appetizers
Camarones Agua Chile
Cooked in lime juice with onions and jalapenos. Served with fruit only.
Jalea Peruana
Fish filet dip fried with three shrimp with salsa criollo on top.
Tostado Yuca Especial and Picante
Tostada De Camaron
Shrimp mixed with pico de gallo and lime.
Tostada De Pulpo Y Camaron
Octopus and shrimp mixed with pico de gallo.
Tostada De Ceviche
Fish, shrimp, and vegetables cooked in lime juice.
Botana De Camaron
Bacon prawns, shrimp a la diabla, garlic shrimp, grilled shrimp, and breaded fish.
Ceviche Peruano
Fish filet cook with lime, with habanero, jalapeno, and onion.
Aguachile Mango Habanero
Cooked in lime juice with onions, jalapeños, mango & habanero. Served with fruit only

Burritos
Super Burrito
Big burrito topped with guacamole and sour cream. Served with rice, beans, and cheese inside. Garnished with lettuce, pico de gallo, and cotija cheese.
Regular Burrito
Regular size burrito with rice, beans, and cheese. Garnished with lettuce and cotija cheese.
Super Royal Burrito
Big burrito topped with enchilada sauce, cheese, sour cream, and guacamole. Served with rice, beans, and cheese. Garnished with lettuce, pico de gallo, and cotija cheese.
Bean and Cheese Burrito
Regular size burrito with rice, beans, and cheese. Garnished with lettuce and cotija cheese.
California Burrito
Filled with carne asada, French fries, rice, beans, & cheese. Topped with guacamole & sour cream. Garnished with lettuce, & pico de gallo
Royal Burrito
Big burrito topped with enchilada sauce and cheese. Served with rice, beans, and cheese inside. Garnished with lettuce, pico de gallo, and cotija cheese.

Hamburgers and Sandwiches
Torta
Served on a Mexican roll with mayonnaise, onions, tomatoes, jalapenos, lettuce, and queso en avocado.
Bacon Cheeseburger
Hamburger
Half pound Niman ranch beef patty on a Mexican roll with mayonnaise, onions, tomatoes, pickles, and lettuce.
Torta Tinga
Meat simmered in a spicy chipotle sauce. Served on a bolillo with tomatoes, onions, lettuce, and mayonnaise.
El Rey Burger
Sirloin patty on a Mexican roll with cheddar and jack cheese, bacon, mushrooms, jalapeno, grilled onions, tomatoes, lettuce, and mayonnaise.
Cheeseburger
Vegetarian Sandwich
Lettuce, cheese, cucumber, pickles, tomatoes, onions, and avocado. Served on whole wheat bread.
Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Grilled sourdough bread with American cheese.
Grilled Ham and Cheese Sandwich
Club Sandwich
Grilled turkey breast with bacon, lettuce, tomatoes, and mayonnaise on sourdough bread.

Salad
Taco Salad
Flour tortilla bowl filled with refried beans, lettuce, and choice of meat chicken, shredded beef, vegetarian or pork. Topped with pico de gallo, sour cream, guacamole, and cheese.
Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad
Caesar salad topped with marinated, grilled chicken, and seasoned croutons.
Green Salad
Fresh green salad topped with seasoned croutons.
Fiesta Salad
Topped with black beans, pico de gallo, guacamole, ground beef, & tortilla strips.
El Rey Salad
Elote aguacate grill chicken tocino jack cheese & chedar
Tostada Especial
Flat, crispy tortilla topped with refried beans, lettuce, cheese, tomato slices, onions, beets, cotija cheese, sour cream & guacamole. Your choice of chicken, shredded beef, pork or vegetarian.
Lettuce Tacos
Grilled chicken wrapped in Romain lettuce topped with pico de gallo, cheese, and salsa.
Shrimp Salad
Fresh romain with black beans, mango, pico de gallo, onions & tomatoes

Cazuelas
Combo Cazuel
Steak, chicken, shrimp, chorizo, grilled cactus, and cheese. Oven baked and simmered in fresh roasted salsa. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Carnitas Cazuela
Carnitas, chorizo, grilled cactus, and cheese. Oven baked and simmered in fresh roasted salsa. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Chicken Cazuela
Chicken, chorizo, grilled cactus, and cheese. Oven baked and simmered in fresh roasted salsa. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Steak Cazuela
Steak, chorizo, grilled cactus, and cheese. Oven baked and simmered in fresh roasted salsa. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Shrimp Cazuela
Shrimp, chorizo, grilled cactus, and cheese. Oven baked and simmered in fresh roasted salsa. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Seafood Cazuela
Scallops, shrimp, fish, mussels chorizo, grilled cactus, and cheese. Oven baked and simmered in fresh roasted salsa. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.

Fajitas
Combination
Steak, chicken, and shrimp. Fajita marinated and grilled with onions, tomatoes and bell peppers. Topped with cilantro. Served with rice, refried beans, sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo and pickled carrots. Tortilla.
Chicken
Fajita marinated and grilled with onions, tomatoes and bell peppers. Topped with cilantro. Served with rice, refried beans, sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo and pickled carrots. Tortilla.
Carnitas
Fajita marinated and grilled with onions, tomatoes and bell peppers. Topped with cilantro. Served with rice, refried beans, sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo and pickled carrots. Tortilla.
Steak
Fajita marinated and grilled with onions, tomatoes and bell peppers. Topped with cilantro. Served with rice, refried beans, sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo and pickled carrots. Tortilla.
Prawns
Fajita marinated and grilled with onions, tomatoes and bell peppers. Topped with cilantro. Served with rice, refried beans, sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo and pickled carrots. Tortilla.
Vegetarian
Grilled mushrooms, zucchini, onions, tomatoes, bell peppers. Topped with cheese and cilantro. Fajita marinated and grilled with onions, tomatoes and bell peppers. Topped with cilantro. Served with rice, refried beans, sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo and pickled carrots. Tortilla.

Side Orders
To Go Chips
To Go Salsa
Flour Tortillas
Sour Cream
Pico De Gallo
Guacamole
Cheese
Enchilada Sauce
Corn Tortillas

Steak
Camarones Y Bistec Ranchero
Prawns and top sirloin strips cooked in ranchero salsa. Served with rice and beans, pico de gallo and pickled carrots.
Bistec Al Cafe
One mole cheese enchilada, thin sliced top sirloin grilled with chipotle and ground coffee. Served with rice and beans, pico de gallo and pickled carrots.
Carne Asada
Grilled thin sliced top sirloin steak topped with grilled bell peppers, red onions, and a grilled jalapeno. Served with a green salad and fries. Served with rice and beans, pico de gallo and pickled carrots.
Chile Colorado
Tender sirloin in red spicy sauce. Served with rice and beans, pico de gallo and pickled carrots.
Milanesa
Thin sliced top sirloin steak breaded. Served with a green salad and fries. Served with rice and beans, pico de gallo and pickled carrots.
Steak Ranchero
Lean steak strips sauteed with onions, tomatoes, bell peppers, and jalapeno sauce. Served with rice and beans, pico de gallo and pickled carrots.
Tlalpiquena
Grilled thin sliced top sirloin rubbed with chipotle pepper. Includes one enchilada and a salad. Served with rice and beans, pico de gallo and pickled carrots.

Pork
Carnitas
Lean marinated pork. Served with guacamole. Served with rice and beans, pico de gallo and pickled carrots.
Chile Verde
Tender pork chunks simmered in green tomatillo sauce. Served with rice and beans, pico de gallo and pickled carrots.

A La Carte
Chimichanga
Topped with sour cream and guacamole. Served with rice and beans, pico de gallo and pickled carrots.
Quesadilla
Served with rice and beans, pico de gallo and pickled carrots.
Rice and Beans
Served with rice and beans, pico de gallo and pickled carrots.
Taco
Served with rice and beans, pico de gallo and pickled carrots.
Carne Asada Tacos
Grilled steak on a soft home made corn tortillas. Topped with pico de gallo & avocado.
Sope
Served with rice and beans, pico de gallo and pickled carrots.
Taco Carne Asada
Served with avocado and pico de gallo. Served with rice and beans, pico de gallo and pickled carrots.
Tostada
Served with rice and beans, pico de gallo and pickled carrots.
Enchilada (Red Sauce)
Served with rice and beans, pico de gallo and pickled carrots.
Enchilada Verde
Topped with green sauce and sour cream. Served with rice and beans, pico de gallo and pickled carrots.
Flauta
Topped with guacamole and sour cream. Served with rice and beans, pico de gallo and pickled carrots.
Pork Tamale
Smothered in enchilada sauce. Served with rice and beans, pico de gallo and pickled carrots.
Chile Relleno
Topped with salsa ranchera and cheese. Served with rice and beans, pico de gallo and pickled carrots.

Poultry
Mole
Chicken in a mole. Served with rice and beans, pico de gallo and pickled carrots.
Pollo a La Diabla
Chicken sauteed in spicy hot sauce. Served with rice and beans, pico de gallo and pickled carrots.
Pollo a La Parilla
Grilled chicken breast fillet. Served with rice and beans, pico de gallo and pickled carrots.
Pollo en Crema De Tequila
Chicken breast in 100% agave tequila cream sauce. Served with rice and beans, pico de gallo and pickled carrots.

Platillos De Pescado
Pescado
Served with rice, beans, and salad. Whole red snapper dipped in batter and lightly crisp.
Filete De Pescado
Served with rice, beans, and salad. Served with cactus, and rice.
Pescado Especial
Served with rice, beans, and salad. Two whole fish dipped in batter and lightly crisp.

Platillos De Camaron
Camarones en Salsa Chipotle
Prawns cooked in chile chipotle and vegetables. Served with rice and beans and pickled carrots.
Baja Fish Tacos
Grilled fish with cabbage, corn, pineapple chunks. Served with rice and beans
El Rey Especial
Top sirloin steak seasoned with spices topped with grilled vegetables. Shrimp prepared in sauce served with rice, beans, and salad. Served with rice and beans and pickled carrots.
Camarones Empanizados
Prawns breaded in batter a lightly crisped. Served with salad and papas. Served with rice and beans and pickled carrots.
Camarones Con Tocino
Prawns wrapped in bacon served with salad. Served with rice and beans and pickled carrots.
Camarones a La Diabla
Prawns sauteed in garlic hot sauce and salad. Served with rice and beans and pickled carrots.
Camarones Rancheros
Prawns simmered in salsa ranchera with bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, and jalapenos. Served with rice and beans and pickled carrots.
Camarones a La Plancha
Prawns marinated in garlic sauce and grilled with salad. Served with rice and beans and pickled carrots.
Camarones Al Mojo De Ajo
Prawns sauteed in garlic sauce. Served with rice and beans and pickled carrots.
Camarones en Crema De Tequila
Prawns in a 100% blue agave tequila cream sauce and mixed vegetables. Served with rice and beans and pickled carrots.
Camarones a la Cucaracha
Prawns in butter, red onions, & special hot sauce
Tacos Shrimp
Grilled fish tacos with pico de gallo, avocado whole beans & rice.

Seafood
Crab Legs
King crab legs simmered. Served with rice, beans, and salad.
Mariscada/Grilled seafood
Prawns, calamari, scallops, fish fillet, crab legs, & mussels served with garlic sauce.
Tacos De Pescado
Grilled fish tacos with pico de gallo, avocado whole beans, and rice.
Beer Battered Fish Tacos
Served on a smothered chipotle tartar sauce corn tortilla, cabbage and pico de gallo. Served with whole beans and rice.
Joyce Special
Grilled fish and prawns served with cucumbers and garlic sauce.

Caldos De Mariscos
Caldo De Pescado
Fish soup with vegetables. Mild seafood soups with vegetables.
Caldo De Camaron
Shrimp soup with vegetables. Mild seafood soups with vegetables.
Caldo Seven Mares
(seven seas soup) crab legs, shrimp. Clams, octopus. Fish, calamari, and scallops with vegetables. Mild seafood soups with vegetables.
Caldo De Pescado Y Camaron
Fish and shrimp soup with vegetables. Mild seafood soups with vegetables.

Seafood Cocktails
Camaron/ Shrimp
Shrimp. Served with onion, tomato, cilantro, cucumber, and avocado.
Pulpo
Octopus. Served with onion, tomato, cilantro, cucumber, and avocado.
Campechana
Mixed cocktail shrimp and octopus. Served with onion, tomato, cilantro, cucumber, and avocado.

Combinations
Create Your Own Two Items
Served with rice and refried beans, pico de gallo, and pickled carrots.
Create Your Own Trio
Served with rice and refried beans, pico de gallo, and pickled carrots.

Caldos
Menudo Tripe Soup
Beef Tripe Soup
Caldo De Pollo
Chicken soup with all white chicken meat and vegetables. Topped with avocado chunks. Served with a side of rice.
Caldo De Verdura
A small bowl of vegetable soup.
Tlalpeno Chipotle Soup
Spicy chicken soup with all white chicken meat and vegetables, topped with avocado chunks. Served with a side of rice.
Sopa Tapatia Soup
Tender chicken with vegetables in a savory broth with crispy tortilla chips, avocado, jack, and cotija cheese.

Entrees
Enchiladas
Half. Rolled corn tortilla filled. Topped with red enchilada sauce and cheese.
Chimichangas
Half. Crispy flour tortilla filled. Topped with sour cream, guacamole, cotija cheese, and sauce.
Carne Asada Tacos
Half. Grilled steak on a soft corn tortilla. Topped with pico de gallo and avocado.
Enchiladas Verdes
Half. Rolled corn tortilla filled. Topped with green tomatillo sauce and sour cream.
Tamales
Half. Topped in red enchilada sauce and cheese.
Quesadilla
Served with rice and beans, pico de gallo and pickled carrots.
Tostadas
Half. A crispy flat tortilla. Topped with refried beans, lettuce, cotija cheese, and tomato sauce.
New Mexico Enchiladas
Half. Layered enchiladas topped with red sauce, cheese, and two eggs.
Tacos
Half. Topped with lettuce, cotija cheese, and taco sauce.
Burritos Carne Carnitas
Half. Burritos with rice, beans and pico de gallo.
Burrito
Sopes
Half. Corn masa cake topped with refried beans, lettuce sour cream, guacamole and garnished with cotija cheese and tomato sauce.
Chile Rellenos
Half. Fire roasted fresh pasilla chile stuffed with cheese, dipped in egg batter and lightly crisped. Topped with salsa ranchera and cheese.
Burritos Carne Asada or Carnitas
Half. Burritos with rice, beans and pico de gallo.
Flautas
Half. Crispy taquitos filled. Topped with lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, cotija cheese, and tomato sauce.

Beverages
Fountain Drinks
Agua Fresca
Tamarindo and Jamaica.
Jarritos
Mandarin, lime, sangria, tamarind, guava, and strawberry.
Hot Tea
Coffee
Horchata
Iced Tea
Mexican Hot Chocolate

Desserts
Flan
Churros
Chocolate Cake
Cheesecake
Platanitos Fritos
Deep fried plantains served with condensed milk

Cocteles

Camaron /Shrimp
Pulpo / Octopus
Campechana
Mixed cocktail shrimp & Octopus

Weekend Special
Pozole Verde

Mexican Breakfast
Huevos Con Chorizo
Three eggs scrambled with Mexican sausage and pico de gallo. Served with rice and refried beans. Tortillas.
Carne Asada Con Huevos
Eggs and top sirloin steak with grilled vegetables. Served with rice and refried beans. Tortillas.
Carne Asada Con Chilaquiles
Sirloin steak served with rice and refried beans. Tortillas.
Nopales Con Huevos
Three eggs scrambled with cactus, onions, tomatoes and bell peppers. Served with rice and refried beans. Tortillas.
Chilaquiles Rojos
Three eggs scrambled with tortilla chips, onions, and tomatoes. Topped with cheese. Served with rice and refried beans. Tortillas.
Chilaquiles Verdes
Three eggs scrambled with sour cream, tomatillo sauce, and chicken. Served with rice and refried beans. Tortillas.
Huevos Divorciados
Two eggs, one topped with green sauce and one with red sauce. Served with rice and refried beans. Tortillas.
Huevos Rancheros
A fried corn tortilla topped with two eggs, salsa ranchera and cheese. Served with rice and refried beans. Tortillas.
Huevos a La Mexicana
Three eggs topped with chile verde. Made with lean pork meat. Served with rice and refried beans. Tortillas.
Machaca
Three eggs mixed with shredded beef, onions, tomatoes and bell peppers. Served with rice and refried beans. Tortillas.
Chorizo Burrito
Two eggs scrambled with chorizo, tomatoes, and onions. Wrapped in a flour tortilla. Served with rice and refried beans. Tortillas.
Huevos con Jamon
Three eggs scrambled with Mexican sausage & pico de gallo
Breakfast Burrito
Two eggs scrambled with, tomatoes & onions. Wrapped in a flour tortilla with your choice of sausage, bacon ham or chorizo.

Lunch Specials
Grilled Chicken Salad
Topped with tomatoes, onions, croutons, and chicken and choice of dressing.
Grilled Chicken Bowl
Grilled chicken with rice, whole beans, and Pico de gallo sprinkled with cotija cheese.
One Taco
Served with rice and beans.
One Fish Taco
Grilled bass fillet taco with fresh pico de gallo. Served with rice and black beans.
One Enchilada
Served with rice and beans.
Small Wet Super Burrito
Burrito Verde
Spinach tortilla, black beans, rice, zucchini, tomatoes, corn, bell peppers, onions, and carrots smothered in green sauce.
Grilled Shrimp Burrito
Whole wheat tortilla filled with black beans, rice, tomatoes, corn, bell peppers, onions, and avocado.
Small Tortilla Soup
Small Tlalpeno Soup
Topped with tomatoes, onions, croutons, and chicken and choice of dressing.
Lettuce Tacos
Grill chicken wrapped in romaine lettuce topped with pico de gallo cheese and salsa.
Taco Salad
Crispy tortilla bowl topped with beans, lettuce, sour cream, guacamole and a sprinkle of cheese.
El Rey Cheese Burger
Half pound Niman ranch beef patty on a hamburger bread, jack cheese, mayonnaise, onions, tomatoes, pickles, and lettuce.
Arroz con Pollo Bowl
Chicken, rice, avocado, & pico de gallo
Tortilla Soup
Tender chicken with vegetables in a savory broth with crispy tortilla chips, avocado, jack, and cotija cheese.

Entrees
Chimichangas
Two. Crispy flour tortilla filled. Topped with sour cream, guacamole, cotija cheese, and sauce.
Tostadas
Two. A crispy flat tortilla. Topped with refried beans, lettuce, cotija cheese, and tomato sauce.
Enchiladas Verdes
Two. Rolled corn tortilla filled. Topped with green tomatillo sauce and sour cream.
Enchiladas
Two. Rolled corn tortilla filled. Topped with red enchilada sauce and cheese.
Burrito
Burritos Carne Asada
Two. Burritos with rice, beans and pico de gallo.
Burritos Carne Carnitas
Two. Burritos with rice, beans and pico de gallo.
Chile Rellenos
Two. Fire roasted fresh pasilla chile stuffed with cheese, dipped in egg batter and lightly crisped. Topped with salsa ranchera and cheese.
New Mexico Enchiladas
Two. Layered enchiladas topped with red sauce, cheese, and two eggs.
Tamales
Flautas
Two. Crispy taquitos filled. Topped with lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, cotija cheese, and tomato sauce.
Sopes
Two. Corn masa cake topped with refried beans, lettuce sour cream, guacamole and garnished with cotija cheese and tomato sauce.
Tacos
Two. Topped with lettuce, cotija cheese, and taco sauce.
Carne Asada Tacos
Two. Grilled steak on a soft corn tortilla. Topped with pico de gallo and avocado.
Tacos El Rey style
Soft or crispy tacos with your choice of meat. Topped with lettuce & taco sauce.

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Recent Reviews

I stopped by El Ray Mexican in Novato and ordered a burrito. It was decent in size and filling, but the flavor was underwhelming and could use some cilantro, more seasoning or depth.

The atmosphere reminded me of a Denny’s that has been converted into a Mexican restaurant, casual and straightforward with plenty of seating. Service was great and the overall experience was comfortable. Even though the burrito did not impress me, I would be willing to come back...
November 2025
First time trying this place with my boyfriend and their food isn’t bad for this area but not the best Mexican food I’ve had. He ordered the green pozole and fish tacos. The pozole was decent and had a lot of spice. I ordered the potato taquitos(I don’t remember what called on menu but it was in the appetizers). The server was super nice and no complaints on his service but they somehow forgot or messed up my order and I waited at least 5- 10 min after my boyfriend already...
September 2025
Over a week ago, we were driving south to San Francisco through Novato when we decided to stop for dinner, and Mexican food won the majority vote! We chose a new place called El Rey.

We arrived around 7:30 PM, and the restaurant wasn't busy since it was a Sunday evening. Looking at the menu, I was immediately drawn to the ceviche. We decided to start with guacamole and chips, share the ceviche, and order a Quesadilla con Carne Asada. The guacamole was fresh...
August 2025

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El Rey Mexican Bar and Grill

940 7th St, Novato, CA 94945
(415) 892-1471